Richard Norris, of The Grid and Beyond the Wizard’s Sleeve, has announced details of a new, 42-track compilation, Mr Norris Changes Brains, which blends groove-heavy psychedelia with global oddities.
Tracks include Boston-based Banchee’s Evolmia, Turkish psych-funk from Köy Kardeşler, a Hammond-driven stomper from Rare Bird, and Iron Butterfly’s Iron Butterfly Theme.
“A lot of these tracks are fairly recent discoveries, things that I’ve discovered from around the time I started working with Erol [Alkan] and going right up to today,” Norris explains. “Whether that’s from going out to play and finding new records in places like Istanbul or just connecting with people online from all around the world.
“Psych can sometimes be a sort of narrow-minded field, with everything having to sit in its specific niche, but more and more people are open to new sounds and that’s allowed for a much broader selection.”
As a press release put it, the compilation will showcase ‘mind-expanding sounds that have emerged everywhere from the valleys of Wales to sweaty Parisian basements, from underground Turkish clubs to Italian film scores and beyond’.
Read more: Interview: ORIGINALS… Richard Norris
Mr Norris Changes Brains will be released on 3x2LP, 3CD, and digital formats on 23 May, through Eskimo Recordings. The artwork for the album is designed by Benoit Vangeel.
“With a lot of these tracks there’s a kind of fun element in them,” Norris adds. “It’s still psychedelia, but they’ve also got these solid, funky grooves. They sound phenomenal on the dancefloor and as much as these records might excite old psych heads, this compilation is also for a new generation out there who might have never heard anything like this before and, just like when I was 18 and heard The 13th Floor Elevators for the first time, think ‘Oh, my God, what on earth is this and more importantly what else is out there?’”
Sounds like just the tonic for these strange times. More information can be found here.
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